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post Jan 29, 2010 - 12:16 AM
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viruz_one

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For some reason my celica always seems to drain my battery when I park it and dont use it overnight. After a jump it fires right up and have no further issues. What I have done when its completely dead I jump start it, drive it for like an hour and let the alternator charge the battery up. When I go to park it overnight, I remove the main 60A fuse in the engine bay and leave it like that. The next day It fires right up no problems, but if I leave the fuse in place next morning, starter just starts clikkkin, cant even crank the car. I have looked for something thats draining the power but cant find anything, I dont even have a stereo in place. Any help appreicated.
 
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post Jan 31, 2010 - 11:08 PM
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Random is right... brand name batteries are usually known to provide better quality. But that is simple logic (you get what you pay for)

on another note. its not always the battery.
- check if you have any aftermarket hookups examples of. LED wiring, amp wiring, like sources that could draw from the battery.
- if you do, disconnect them, one day at a time to see if your battery is drain the next day.
***example: if you have a led wiring hookup, disconnect it. anf if your battery is fine the next day. you know its your led right? ***
(i once had a power draw from the on/off switch of a glow gauge set)
- check for any burnt bulbs, rarely but sometimes they can still draw small amounts of power
- you might have a bad relay somewhere in the car (a big pain in the you know what but its happen to me before)

hope this helps, good luck.


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Posts in this topic
- viruz_one   Someithing keeps killing my battery   Jan 29, 2010 - 12:16 AM
- - nics   how old is you battery?   Jan 29, 2010 - 1:37 AM
- - Hanyo   take your car battery to be charged and tested at ...   Jan 29, 2010 - 2:09 AM
- - viruz_one   Its really not that old, I would say about or a li...   Jan 29, 2010 - 3:50 AM
- - str8thugginit4ya   Make sure and get your battery tested before you g...   Jan 29, 2010 - 9:35 AM
- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (viruz_one @ Jan 29, 2010 - 12...   Jan 31, 2010 - 10:31 PM
- - Random_Stranger   It's your battery. Brand name does make a dif...   Jan 31, 2010 - 10:50 PM
- - vile_v   Random is right... brand name batteries are usuall...   Jan 31, 2010 - 11:08 PM
- - viruz_one   Thats exactly what I think it is, something is wir...   Feb 3, 2010 - 11:22 PM
- - D-Man   step one is to test it. autozone, napa, o'rile...   Feb 3, 2010 - 11:37 PM
- - johnnehh   QUOTE (D-Man @ Feb 4, 2010 - 12...   Feb 3, 2010 - 11:41 PM
- - epocsirhc   It doesn't sound like a battery but a parasiti...   Feb 4, 2010 - 12:58 AM
|- - viruz_one   QUOTE (epocsirhc @ Feb 4, 2010 - 12...   Feb 4, 2010 - 11:49 PM
- - trdproven   if you say your battery and your alternator is goo...   Feb 4, 2010 - 2:24 AM
- - trdproven   you can tell if your player is not using a remote,...   Feb 5, 2010 - 1:16 AM
- - Stambo   get a multi meter and take the neg or positive cal...   Feb 5, 2010 - 11:16 PM
- - blu94gt   QUOTE (Stambo @ Feb 5, 2010 - 10:16 ...   Feb 6, 2010 - 1:49 AM
- - Stambo   yea i realize that, the computers need power to sa...   Feb 6, 2010 - 2:24 PM
- - delusionz   I binned a 1 Farad capacitor due to this. If I ev...   Feb 10, 2010 - 7:20 AM
- - GrimReaper   I'm suspecting a low battery as others said bu...   Feb 10, 2010 - 3:19 PM
- - epocsirhc   Did you ever find out what was causing the drain? ...   Feb 12, 2010 - 12:16 AM
- - cibrit-   I had problems with my car when I first got it. I...   Feb 16, 2010 - 10:28 PM
- - Batman722   it's either your battery or the voltage regula...   Feb 16, 2010 - 11:11 PM
|- - Jaws4God   QUOTE (Batman722 @ Feb 17, 2010 - 12...   Dec 20, 2010 - 10:17 PM
- - cibrit-   That's the name!! Thanks batman, I com...   Feb 17, 2010 - 11:48 AM
- - Velliety   I had the same thing happen - mine turned out to b...   Feb 17, 2010 - 8:17 PM
- - viruz_one   OK bumping this old thread back... After further...   Jul 7, 2010 - 11:19 PM
- - Batman722   did you unokyg your hazzard light switch ? that wo...   Jul 7, 2010 - 11:35 PM
- - viruz_one   LOL! OMG Yes I did! I actually removed all...   Jul 8, 2010 - 12:03 AM
- - chacha   you can check yourself....if you can start your ca...   Dec 20, 2010 - 10:41 PM
|- - Jaws4God   QUOTE (chacha @ Dec 20, 2010 - 11:41...   Dec 21, 2010 - 8:29 PM
|- - trebilihp   QUOTE (Jaws4God @ Dec 21, 2010 - 8:2...   Dec 21, 2010 - 9:03 PM
- - trebilihp   Was actually my alternator. Changed it, runs well....   Dec 25, 2010 - 1:04 PM


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